She said: ‘Over the last six months, the twins have matured fast emotionally. They’ve had to. But they haven’t accepted Rick’s death terribly well.

‘I didn’t want them to attend his funeral as it would have been too much for them – but they keep asking when the “children’s funeral” is. I feel they need some sort of closure. The concept of death is still a mystery to any child of that age.’

She also admitted that she still has moments where she is ‘overcome’ with grief.